Buile Hill Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
No rating
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Salford
Unique reference
150868
Address
Eccles Old Road, M6 8RD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
901 (n/a of total capacity)
Boys
47.9%
Girls
52.1%
First language not English
29.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.5%
Persistent absence
42.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 55.2%
Mixed 11.4%
African 10.3%
Other White 6.8%
Other 4.9%
Unclassified 4.1%
Other Asian 1.9%
Pakistani 1.2%
Other Black 1.1%
Chinese 1.1%
Caribbean 0.8%
Indian 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 34%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.8
Local authority average 42.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.83
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award17
ArabicGCSE5
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE17
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE27
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
English LanguageGCSE167
English LiteratureGCSE165
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Buile Hill Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
174
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
102
2nd preference
71
3rd preference
48
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
102
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
173
80
93
Year 8
168
74
94
Year 9
198
112
86
Year 10
188
83
105
Year 11
174
83
91
Year 2024-2025

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